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P 23, 1929, H. 1.. BLACKMAN Re. 17,282

HOLDER FOR FOUNTAIN PENS Original Filed Aug. 1.9. 1926 I! fi W HHIMWin51 17 Reissued A... 23, 1929.

UNITED STATES,

PATENT OFFICE.

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aonnnn non. FOUNTAIN PENS.

Original No. 1,629,987, dated na 24.1927, Serial in. 130,115,filed'August19,1926. Application for reissue filed Kay 21, 1928.. SerialNo. 279,582.

My invention relates to the station'eryart, and has for its purpose, toprovide, in'a fountain penreceiving set, a means to yield-. ingly hold afountain, or other kind of pen: This particular invention is animprovement upon the inventions of Walter Guyot (Serial No. 83.857,filed January 26-, 1926) and of Horace L. Blackman (Serial No. 121,-072, filed July 8, 1926), in which a ball and socket joint is employedin a dcvice'to receive and position a pen in a desk set.

My invention consists of certain details of construction, hereinafterset forth, pointe'd out'in my claims, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 shows a sectional view of a deskset provided with my improvement, a fountain pen being shownin positiontherein;

Fig. 2 shows an enlarged sectional view ofmy invention; and i 1 Fig.ishows a detail view, in perspective, of the holding fingers I employ.

In the desk set structure which I have chosen to illustrate my presentinvention I employ the usual ball and socket joint, which includestheball 12 and socket member 12, the latter-being mounted u on a main baseor support 16 of any 'desired orm. A cylindrical receptable-positioningmember or base 17 is supported by the ball 12 for angular adjustmentmovements therewith, and this member has a plurality of holding fingers13 projecting therefrom. These fingers 13 are formed, preferably, ofspring metal, and they curve outwardly from their mounting tofrictionally engage the inner wall,of the pen receptacle" lwhich Iemploy. The recep tacle 14 is generally cylindrical and is carried bythe-base or receptacle-positioning member 17. 1

The pen receptacle 1 1 is obviously of the proper size and length toreceive the tapermg end of a fountain pen 15, and the bowed fingers 113,lying inside the receptacle 14 and engaging the receptacle wall,function also to receive, and tensionall press against, the. barrel ofthe pen 15. en the pen 15 is inserted into my holder it projectsdownwardly into the receptac e 14, and is yieldingl engaged by thefingers 13.

T ese fingers 13", curving outwardly from their base, their outer endsengaging the inner wall of the pen receptacle 14 to provide a tension toreceive the end of the fountain pen 15, also aid in holding thereceptacle 14 yieldingly in proper position.

This construction of a mountin for a pen receiving receptacle may be empoyed with any desk set, and is not necessarily associated only with adesk set of the construction shown in the Guyot and Blackmanapplications hereinbefore mentioned.

Having thus described my invention, what 'I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States, is:

1. In a desk set provided with a ball and socketjoint, a pen holdingdevice, comprising a base portion secured to the ball, a plurality ofspring fingers extending therefrom and curving outwardly, and a penreceiving re- .ceptacle adapted-to fit over the fingers and engage thebase portion secured tmthe ball, and be yieldingly held in positionthereon.

2. A pen receiving and holding device, in combination with a ball andsocket j oint'on a desk set, comprising spring fingers extendingoutwardly from the ball and a pen receiving receptacle mounted formovement with the ball and designed to fit over-said fingers and beyieldingly engaged thereby. v r 3. A pen holding means in a desk set,com prising a support, a receptacle positioning member, means foradju'stably mounting said member upon said support, fingers extendingoutwardly from the receptacle positioning member,'and a pen receptacledesignedto receive said fingers and to fit over the positioning member.

1. Apen holdin means in a desk set, comprising a base witl i springfingers projecting upwardly therefrom, and a pen receptacle mounted uponsaid base and adapted to receive the fingers and be frictionally engagedthereby, said fingers also being adapted to engage tensionally the:barrel of a. pen.

5. A pen holding device, comprising a base; spring. fingers, curvingoutwardly at their outer ends, secured thereto and projecting therefrom;a collar cooperating with said base and .fitting over the spring fingersand engaging the outer ends thereof, said fingers being. designed toengage the barrel of a pen and tensionally hold it in position.

' 6.'A pen holding device, comprising a base, a receptacle positioningmember secured to the base, fingers extending outwardly from thereceptacle positioning member, a pen receptacle designed to be receivedby said fingers and to fit over the positioningmember substantially asshown and described.

7. A pen receiving and holding device, comprising a base, spring fingersextending upwardly from the base, a collar cooperating with said baseand fitting over the said fin gers to engage the ends thereof, saidfingers being designed to engage the barrel of a'pen and hold ityieldingly in position.

8. A pen receiving and holding device, comprising a base, spring fingerssecured thereto, their outer ends curving outwardly, pen receivingreceptacle cooperating with said base and designed to fit over the saidfingers and be yieldingly engaged thereby.

9. A pen receiving and holding device, comprising a base, a plurality ofspring fingers extending therefromand curving outwardly, a pen receivingreceptacle adapted to fit over the fingers and engage the base portion,and be yieldingly held in position by the fingers.

10. A pen-holding device comprising a pen-receiving receptacle adaptedto freely receive the lower end of a pen, means for centering andgrippingly holding the lower-end of the pen eoaxially with thereceptacle including a part extending within said receptacle and aplurality of circularly arranged ieldin elements which extend lofiitudinally 01 said receptacle and are supported by said part, saidelements each having a mid portion spaced inwardly from the receptaclewall and an end part adapted to be frictionally engaged by the wall ofsaid receptacle, said mid-portions being adaptedto uniformly engage theend part of the hold thepenin position.

11. A pen holding means for a desk set comprising a en-receivingreceptacle having a shoulder a apted for receiving the lower end of afountain pen having a shoulder, a plurality of annularly arranged,longitudinally extending spring fingers within said receptacle, thefingers each having one end fixed within the receptacle and the free endfrictionally engaging the wall of the receptacle, the fingers beingbowed, so that their bowed portions yieldingly embrace the shoul-' deron the pen and tensionally hold the pen in centered position in saidreceptacle.

12. A pen-holding means in a desk set which comprises a pen-receivingrece tacle, and a circular member associated wit said receptacle andhaving an annularly arranged pen and tensionally group of yieldablefingers extending therefrom, said fingers being bowed so that theirmid-portions frictionally engage the lower end ofa pen and tensionallyhold it in cenupwardly therefrom, a pen receptacle cooperating with saidbase and adapted to be received by the fingers and held yieldinglyengaged thereby, said fingers also being adapted to engage tensionallythe barrel of a pen.

15. A pen-holding means in a desk set which comprises a pen-receivingreceptacle, and a circular member associated with said receptacle, saidmember Holding in position an annularly arranged group of yieldablemembers, said members being so constructed and arranged that theirmid-portions are spacedfrom the wall of the receptacle and lie in thepath of and frictionally engage the lower end of a pen when the latteris inserted in said receptacle, to hold the pen in centered position.

16. A holder for fountain pens, comprising a support member, apen-receiving receptacle, means for swingingly mounting said receptacleon said support member, and a plurality, of spring members within saidreceptacle, said members having a mid-portion spaced inwardly from thereceptacle wall for yieldingly gripping the pen inserted therein to retain it in centered position in the receptacle, and means for supportingsaid members in said receptacle.

' 17. In a fountain pen desk set, a base member, a pen-receivingreceptacle, means for swingingly mounting said receptacle on said baseso that it may be swung to a plurality of angular positions relative tosaid base, and means including a plurality of yieldable,annularly-arranged pen-engaging members mounted in said receptacle andhaving their, mid-portions bowed for engaging and tensionally receivingand holding the lower end of, the pen when it is inserted in saidreceptacle. HORACE L. BLACKMAN.

